tomato

Betekenis (English)

Noun

1. A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
2. The savory fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking.
3. A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
4. (slang) A desirable-looking woman.
5. (slang) A stupid act or person.

Verb

1. to pelt with tomatoes
2. to add tomatoes to (a dish)

Concepten

tomaat

🍅

tomatenplant

Synonyms

love apple

tomato plant

love-apple

Lycopersicon esculentum

vegetable

Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.

jitomate

pomme d’amour

Lycopersicum escuentum

apple of love

fattoush

tomatoes

tom

tomate

garden tomato

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/təˈmɑː.təʊ/

Etymologie (English)

Borrowed from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-Nahuan *tomatl. Compare tomatillo.